NAIJ.com learnt that a total of 181 airlines were banned from flying their planes into Europe, with 174 airlines barred due to safety in the aviation of their home countries.

NAIJ.com also gathered that the European Union Air Safety List comprises of the list of non-European airlines that do not meet international safety standards.

According to The Punch, air carriers from Benin Republic and Mozambique were removed from the list, while four individual airlines, one each from Nigeria, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe, were added.

NAIJ.com reported that a passenger on the flight said passengers suspected the plane, with flight number VL 2102, was faulty before takeoff, but they were assured by the pilot and the crew that all was well.